49 UP
Brilliant! The UP series is on my list of the ten greatest films of all time!- Roger Ebert
Uplifting! It makes you feel better about the human race.- London Sunday Times
Possibly the most exciting use of the documentary medium ever!- New York Daily News
49 UP is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when filmmakers, inspired by the Jesuit maxim Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man, interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the children every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49. In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made, and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice. (2005, 135m, UK)
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